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Custom Fields

By Jeff Cohan, March 10, 2023

Use Case for Custom Post Type: “In The News”

Many websites include an “In The News” section — content related to articles, videos, podcasts, etc., that other publishers have published about them. It might be called “News”, “Press”, “Media” or something else. In this post, I explain how and why I converted a blog-based “In The News” section to a custom post type and why this is a good use case for custom post types.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Techniques · Tagged: Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, May 24, 2022

How to Create a Simple Custom Events Plugin

My client wants to display on his site information about trade shows at which his company will be exhibiting. I know there are lots of event plugins out there, but most of the ones I know about would be overkill for our needs. So, I created a must-use custom Events plugin for this client. One of the requirements was to show both current and past events and to segregate them on the main events “landing” page.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Snippets · Tagged: Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, November 16, 2018

Dive Into WordPress Custom Post Types – Part 3

Sometimes it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. In this post in my series on custom post types, I take a step back to discuss the larger issue of custom content – of which the custom post type is, of course, the foundational component.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Techniques · Tagged: Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, October 18, 2018

Dive Into WordPress Custom Post Types – Part 2

Custom post types and custom fields are powerful WordPress features that can initially seem intimidating. This is the second in a series of blog posts describing when, why, and how to use them.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Techniques · Tagged: Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, October 10, 2018

Dive Into WordPress Custom Post Types – Part 1

Custom post types and custom fields are powerful WordPress features that can initially seem intimidating. This is the first in a series of blog posts describing when, why, and how to use them.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Techniques · Tagged: Advanced Custom Fields, Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, WordPress

By Jeff Cohan, August 1, 2016

Use Custom Fields to Hide Stale Posts

Custom fields in WordPress (meta-data) can be extremely handy for controlling how you display your blog posts. In this article, I describe how I used custom fields — together with modifying the WordPress loop for the site’s front page — to solve a not uncommon problem: When blog posts about events from the far past show up in the “Recent Posts” section of a site’s home page, visitors might react negatively. It’s a little like letting newspapers pile up in your driveway when you’re on vacation: people might think you’re lazy or not home. Deleting such posts isn’t the answer.

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Written by Jeff Cohan · Categorized: Techniques · Tagged: Custom Fields, WordPress

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